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AND !"IMEREAS, the said The Twin Lakes Reservoir Company was at the time of the commencement of said pending suit the owner of a certain reservoir called the Twin Lakes Reservoir, which said reservoir was and is situated in Lake County, Colorado, on what is known as Lake Creek, which said Creek in turn empties into and constitutes a natural tribu- tary of the said Arkansas River, but which said The Twin Lakes Reservoir Company has since the commencement of this suit changed its corporate name to The Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company, and said reservoir is still owned by said company. AND liffEREAS, in the said bill of complaint in said pending suit, that certain reservoir known as Lake Henry, taking water from the Arkan- sas River through said Colorado Canal, at the time of the commencement of said suit situated in Otero County, Colorado, but now situated in Crowley County, Colorado, was and is incorrectly referred to as the proper- ty of the defendant The Twin Lakes Land and '.'Eater Company, but which reser- voir was then and now is, as a matter of fact, owned by the said The National Sugar Manufacturime Company. AND ':'MREAS, the said The Bessemer Irrigation Ditch Company, was at the time of the commencement of said pending suit and now is the owner of a certain irrigating canal or ditch known as the Bessemer Ditch, the headgate of which is situated on the south bank of the Arkansas River in Section Thirty -three (33), Township Twenty (20) South of Range Sixty -six (66) west of the Sixth Principal Meridian, in Pueblo County, Colorado, AND 1HEREAS, the said The Holbrook Irrigation District was at the time of the commencement of said pending suit and now is the owner of that certain irrigating canal or ditch known as the Lake Canal, the head- gate of which is situated on the north side of the Arkansas River in Otero County (now Crowley County) in the State of Colorado in Section Twenty - four (24) Township Twenty -two (22) South, of Range Fifty -eight (58) West of the Sixth Principal Meridian, and was and is also the owner of those certain reservoirs known as Holbrook Lake or Reservoir No. 1, and the Dye Reservoir, said reservoirs being supplied with water by means of the said Lake Canal and being situated in Otero County, Colorado, AND 1^7HEREAS, the said The Otero Irrigation District was at the time of the commencement of said pending suit and is now the owner of a certain irrigating canal or ditch known as the Otero Canal., the same hav- ing its headgate on the south side of the Arkansas River in Section Seven- teen (17), Township Twenty -two (22) South of Range Fifty -nine (59) hest in Otero County, Colorado, and was and is likewise the owner of a certain _ reservoir known as Clear Creek Reservoir, the same being situated in Town- ship Twelve (12), South of Range Seventy -nine (79) west of the Sixth Prin- cipal Meridian, in Chaffee County, Colorado, on a stream known as Clear Creek, the same being a tributary of the Arkansas River. AND .WHEREAS, the said The Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company was at the time of the commencement of said pend- ing suit and now is the owner of a certain irrigating canal or ditch known as the Amity Canal, having its headgate on the north side of the " 7 of